How all 371 candidates fared in the Sunderland City Council elections
The full results for the 2026 Sunderland City Council local elections are in following Reform UK’s landmark victory.
After Labour lost its 52-year grip on the authority, the council’s overall make-up is now Reform UK 58 seats, Liberal Democrats 12 seats and Labour 5 seats.
You can find out which councillors won in your ward here by looking for the bolded names with an asterisk next to them:
Barnes & Thornhill Ward


Syed Mahfuz Ahmed – Liberal Democrat: 502
Caroline Comer – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,483*
Kai Lamont Crawford – Liberal Democrat: 308
Benjamin William Davies-Scott – Local Conservatives: 751


Tim Ellis-Dale – Liberal Democrat: 328
Ehthesham Haque – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,502*
Alyson Kordbarlag – Green Party candidate: 308
Kevin Leonard – Local Conservatives: 703


Victor John Skinner – Reform UK: 1,128
Robert Snowdon – Reform UK: 1,114
Jake Taylor – Green Party candidate: 402
Fiona Katharine Tobin – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,401*
Mark Dominic Tyers – Green Party candidate: 338
Nathan Williamson – Local Conservatives: 724
Lynn Wynn – Reform UK: 1,064
Deptford & Hendon Ward
Colin Andrew Wilson – Liberal Democrat: 352
Lynda Joyce Andrews – Reform UK: 964*
David Barker – Reform UK: 1,070*
Syeda Shilpe Chowdhury – Labour and Co-operative Party: 823
James Ebere – Local Conservatives: 144
Stephen Lewis Elms – Labour and Co-operative Party: 865
Gideon Oseremen Eriaye – Local Conservatives: 108
Francesca Hodson – Liberal Democrat: 292
Helmut Izaks – Green Party candidate: 395
Marie Isabella McCarty – Reform UK: 990*
Raymond John Moore – Green Party candidate: 384
Myles Alfie Mordey – Labour and Co-operative Party: 814
Ciaran Joseph Morrissey – Liberal Democrat: 304
Liam Murphy – Green Party candidate: 399
Steven Porter – Local Conservatives: 111
Doxford Park Ward
Adam Aiston – Local Conservatives: 171
Lynda Alexander – Reform UK: 1,349
Jean Barley – Labour Party: 405
Keith Leslie Brown – Green Party candidate: 197
Allen David Curtis – Labour Party: 387
Lily Daniels – Green Party candidate: 197
Alan Emery – Reform UK: 1,262
Heather Fagan – Liberal Democrat: 1,860*
Paul Gibson – Liberal Democrat: 1,649*
Haley – Green Party candidate: 171
Helen Caroline Maddison – Local Conservatives: 149
Michael Peacock – Liberal Democrat: 1,574*
Bryn David Thomas – Reform UK: 1,229
Ehis Uwaifo – Local Conservatives: 119
Duncan Wood – Labour Party: 372
Farringdon & Silksworth Ward
Joseph Austin – Local Conservatives: 229
Scott Andrew Burrows – Green Party candidate: 350
Kevin De Roche – Local Conservatives: 203
Ian Henri Dury – Reform UK: 1,683*
Helen Greener – Reform UK: 1,684*
Billy Scott Howells – Green Party candidate: 264
Robert Hutchinson – Reform UK: 1,644*
Jessica Jenkins – Liberal Democrat: 154
Joanne Laverick – Labour Party: 1,187
Lauren May Laws – Labour Party: 1,023
Deborah Mullen – Local Conservatives: 204
Martin Smith – Liberal Democrat: 131
Heidi Tolson – Green Party candidate: 274
Phil Tye – Labour Party: 1,124
Linda Mary Wood – Liberal Democrat: 124
Fulwell Ward
Nichola Austin-Ratcliffe – Local Conservatives: 847
Peter Sidney Barley – Labour Party: 376
Malcolm Bond – Liberal Democrat: 1,988
Sebastian Richard Graca Da Silva – Green Party candidate: 214
Michael Peter Hartnack – Local Conservatives: 1,186
Genevieve Lilian Johnson – Green Party candidate: 232
Malcolm Richard Kilner – Labour Party: 368
Naomi Jane Mather – Labour Party: 380
David Barrie Owen – Reform UK: 1,376
Steve Pickering – Liberal Democrat: 1,649
Brian Plemper – Green Party candidate: 254
Bill Smith – Local Conservatives: 801
Philip Thompson – Reform UK: 1,424
Janet Lynn Tyson – Reform UK: 1,199
Peter Walton – Liberal Democrat: 1,738
Grangetown Ward
Hardip Barad – Local Conservatives: 735
Daniel Joseph Cowie – Reform UK: 1,476*
Michael Dixon – Local Conservatives: 965
Layla-Jayne Laidler – Green Party candidate: 357
Marjorie Ledger – Liberal Democrat: 162
Alison Mason – Local Conservatives: 765
Ray Matthews – Labour Party: 917
Michael Mordey – Labour Party: 1,003
Vincent Morrison – Liberal Democrat: 138
Serena Elizabeth Rush – Green Party candidate: 322
Lynda Rontree Scanlan – Labour Party: 936
Audrey Catherine Smith – Liberal Democrat: 133
Grace Isabel Weir – Green Party candidate: 320
Colin Wright – Reform UK: 1,334*
Mark Peter Wynn – Reform UK: 1,424*
Grindon & Thorney Close Ward
Dennis CARROLL – Labour Party – 343
Margaret CROSBY – Liberal Democrat – 1,673*
Paul EDGEWORTH – Liberal Democrat – 1,728*
Michael David GUTOWSKI – Reform UK – 1,079
Keith LAKEMAN – Labour Party – 313
Steven MUSTARD – Reform UK – 1,128
Stephen O`BRIEN – Liberal Democrat – 1,678*
Paula REED – Local Conservatives – 91
Alex SINCLAIR – Local Conservatives – 77
Mark Thomas Henry STARLING – Reform UK 1,076
John WIPER – Local Conservatives – 63
Ellie Lee YOUNG – Labour Party – 332
Herrington & Newbottle Ward
Bruce Allcroft – Reform UK: 1,520*
Bill Blackett – Reform UK: 1,548*
Donna Elizabeth Brown – Green Party candidate: 300
Chris Burnicle – Local Conservatives: 1,038
Hayley Elizabeth Campbell – Green Party candidate: 297
Michelle Louise Hardie – Liberal Democrat: 181
Paul Jorgenson – Labour Party: 888
Joella Hannah Lynch – Green Party candidate: 250
Dominic McDonough – Local Conservatives: 1,085
Martin Old – Labour Party: 872
Robert Oliver – Local Conservatives: 1,068
Christopher Marshall Potts – Liberal Democrat: 147
Maureen Richardson – Labour Party: 875
Jeffrey Shaw – Reform UK: 1,416*
Malcolm Harry Waine – Liberal Democrat: 122
Hetton Ward –
James BLACKBURN – Labour Party – 742
George CALLAGHAN – Labour Party – 587
Trevor COLGIN – Local Conservatives – 132
Alan DAVIES -Reform UK – 1,340*
Christopher James DONALDSON – Green Party candidate – 216
Ian David ELLIS – Liberal Democrat – 153
Elizabeth GAFFNEY – Liberal Democrat – 121
Kath GAFFNEY – Liberal Democrat – 102
Gwynneth GIBSON – Local Conservatives – 113
Jason LLOYD – Reform UK – 1,292 *
Rachel Louise LOWE – Green Party candidate – 277
Henry NDUBUISI – Local Conservatives – 89
Steven Neil PATERSON – Reform UK – 1,241
Christopher James TOBIN – Labour Party – 535
Ynez YNEZ-TULSEN – Green Party candidate – 185
Houghton North Ward
Felicity Louise Brand – Liberal Democrat:152
Claire Danielle Bryant – Labour Party: 963
Mark Burrell – Labour Party: 969
Stewart Hardie – Liberal Democrat: 130
Sandra Louisa Hobson-Tate – Reform UK: 1,584*
Steph Langford – Green Party candidate: 401
Joseph Francomb Parkin – Reform UK: 1,542*
Michaela Rhiannon Peacock – Local Conservatives: 195
John Price – Labour Party: 973
Steven Render – Liberal Democrat: 111
Mark John Reynoldson – Local Conservatives:171
Pauline Robson – Green Party candidate: 275
Christel Rose – Local Conservatives: 162
Donna Sarah Thomas – Reform UK: 1,432*
Kirsty Elizabeth Younger – Green Party candidate 248
Houghton South & Hetton Downs Ward
Emma Jane Baker – Liberal Democrat: 217
Mia Coupland – Liberal Democrat: 188
Tracy Dodds – Labour Party: 975
Jonathon Robert Emerson – Reform UK: 1,339*
Heather Finlay – Reform UK: 1,477*
Jan Foster – Liberal Democrat: 175
Harrison Hopps – Green Party candidate: 334
Kevin Johnston – Labour Party: 999
Mickey Mikhimade Olowoko – Local Conservatives: 179
Michael Quigley – Reform UK: 1,327*
Andrew Robertson – Green Party candidate: 466
Harry Levi Jordan Brandon Shovlin – Local Conservatives: 180
Connor Sinclair – Local Conservatives: 233
Melanie Thornton – Labour Party: 904
Hylton Castle Ward
Allison Chisnall – Labour Party: 767
William Douglas – Liberal Democrat: 174
Les Dunn – Local Conservatives: 135
Stephen Paul Foster – Labour Party: 772
Glenn Gibbins – Reform UK: 1,295*
Dorothy Anne Hartnack – Local Conservatives: 127
Ian Robert Jones – Reform UK: 1,383*
David Laing – Reform UK: 1,302*
Angela Smith – Liberal Democrat: 178
Miriam Townsend – Liberal Democrat: 150
Denny Wilson – Labour Party: 792
Denise Anne Worthy – Local Conservatives: 128
Pallion & Ford Ward
Kennedy Nomamidobo Amadasun – Labour Party: 581
Phil Avery – Local Conservatives: 99
Naomi Elizabeth Browne – Green Party candidate: 313
Steve Donkin – Liberal Democrat Focus Team: 1595*
Bob Francis – Local Conservatives: 73
Rebecca Grant – Green Party candidate: 275
Martin Haswell – Liberal Democrat Focus Team: 1700*
Raymond Lathan – Reform UK: 1120
Jamie Lee – Green Party candidate: 240
Emma Victoria Margetson – Reform UK: 151
Karen Patricia Noble – Independent: 194
David Mark Parr – Reform UK: 1011
Julia Potts – Liberal Democrat Focus Team: 1557*
Angela Smith – Labour Party: 481
George Thomas Smith – Labour Party: 428
Joy Tennant – Local Conservatives: 6
Pennywell & South Hylton Ward
Sunshine Babalola – Liberal Democrat: 183
Shaun Cudworth – Local Conservatives: 239
Lynne Susan Dagg – Labour and Co-operative Party: 605
Laura Jayne Dunning – Green Party candidate: 291
Godwin Ejeh – Liberal Democrat: 196
Carol Giles – Reform UK: 1,570
Russell Arthur Giles – Reform UK: 1,551
Simon Andrew Hughes – Green Party candidate: 252
Catherine Louise Hunter – Labour and Co-operative Party: 525
Julia Ann Irwing – Reform UK: 1,439
Greg Peacock – Local Conservatives: 364
Anthony John Usher – Liberal Democrat: 175
Jake Walker – Local Conservatives: 172
Sue Watson – Labour and Co-operative Party: 53
Penshaw & Shiney Row Ward
Carole Allcroft – Reform UK: 1,718*
Judy Durrant – Liberal Democrat: 221
Katherine Mary Elizabeth Mason-Gage – Labour Party: 1,005
Sam McBride – Green Party candidate: 371
Carl Anthony O`Halloran – Green Party candidate: 323
David Oleka – Local Conservatives: 272
Irene Onyia – Local Conservatives: 254
Abbey Purcell – Reform UK – 1,640*
Christopher John Rose – Local Conservatives – 287
David Snowdon – Labour Party: 967
Mel Speding – Labour Party: 1,065
Dorinda Olive Stokes – Liberal Democrat: 172
Ringo Taylor – Liberal Democrat: 149
Axel Tye – Reform UK: 1,594*
Redhouse Ward
Louise Ann Avery – Local Conservatives: 114
Martha Rachel Maitland Bradley – Green Party candidate: 232
Shaun Conley – Reform UK: 1,329*
Steven John Dale – Liberal Democrat: 136
Janice Susan Ellis – Liberal Democrat: 122
Christopher Luke Eynon – Reform UK: 1,270*
Bob Forster – Local Conservatives: 90
Ciera Hudspith – Reform UK: 1,260*
Paul Humble – Independent: 156
Sue Leishman – Local Conservatives: 87
John Gareth Scratcher – Green Party candidate: 206
Alison Smith – Labour and Co-operative Party: 654
Margaret Ann Stephenson – Liberal Democrat: 118
Paul Stewart – Labour and Co-operative Party: 684
John Joseph Usher – Labour and Co-operative Party: 545
Roker Ward
Kirsty Ann Alder – Reform UK: 1,818
Sean Patrick Chapman – Local Conservatives: 607
Beverly Grainger – Labour Party: 1352
Matthew Jackson – Labour Party: 1291
Craig King – Liberal Democrat: 306
John Lennox – Liberal Democrat: 380
Justine Merton-Scott – Green Party candidate: 430
Tom Newton – Labour Party: 1213
David Ogundipe – Local Conservatives: 418
Emma Porter – Local Conservatives: 454
Andrew Ramsey – Reform UK: 1,701
Helen Jean Schell – Green Party candidate: 348
Miguel Smith – Liberal Democrat: 251
Thomas Montgomery Steele – Reform UK: 1,544
Ryhope Ward
David Banks – Liberal Democrat: 179
Sharon Boddy – Liberal Democrat: 162
Spencer Rose Cash-Archer – Green Party candidate: 255
James Clark Doyle – Local Conservatives: 196
Helen Louise Glancy – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,044
Martyn Preston Herron – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,014
Lewis Patrick Robert Hunter – Liberal Democrat: 202
James Edward Jackson – Reform UK: 1,549*
Barry Jacques – Green Party candidate: 268
Nicola Jacques – Green Party candidate: 284
Pamela Jameson – Local Conservatives: 178
Lindsey Mair Leonard – Labour and Co-operative Party: 969
Carol Ann Robson – Local Conservatives: 177
Sharon Surtees – Reform UK: 1,665*
Pamela Margaret Taylor – Reform UK: 1,605*
Southwick Ward
John Leonard Appleton – Green Party candidate: 260
Michael John Butler – Labour Party: 829
Zoe Chandler – Labour Party: 753
Kelly Chequer – Labour Party: 729
Rosalind Copeland – Independent: 114
Craig Doughty – Liberal Democrat: 220
Ben Hardie – Liberal Democrat: 227
Paul Jacques – Green Party candidate: 270
Michael Henderson Leadbitter – Reform UK: 1,357
Rafal Kazimierz Marzec – Green Party candidate: 195
Jannine Catherine Morrow – Reform UK: 1,305
Jon Reed – Local Conservatives: 127
Jamie Bolam Scott – Reform UK: 1,217
Sheila Smith – Local Conservatives: 126
Andrew Wood – Liberal Democrat: 167
Kath WORTHY – Local Conservatives – 123
Tunstall & Humbledon Ward
Lennon William Airey – Labour Party: 814
Charlie Bell – Labour Party: 789
Richard Peter Bradley – Green Party candidate: 723
Simon James Dawes – Liberal Democrat: 149
Dale Colin Gillett – Green Party candidate: 698
Adele Graham-King – Local Conservatives: 1,050
Glenda Patricia Hall – Reform UK: 1,191*
Zareen Haque – Labour Party: 672
Antony Mullen – Local Conservatives: 1037
Robbie Potts – Liberal Democrat: 129
Lyall Jonathan Reed – Local Conservatives: 1039
Dan Sullivan – Green Party candidate: 700
Richard Steven Vardy – Reform UK: 1,194*
Taff Wales – Reform UK: 1,225*
Janet Wood – Liberal Democrat: 135
Washington Central Ward
Rebecca Anne Armstrong – Liberal Democrat: 337
Mishka Alexey Belik – Green Party candidate: 222
Janis Berzemnieks – Reform UK: 1,213*
Michael Colling – Green Party candidate: 360
Joshua William Hall – Liberal Democrat: 294
Kelsey Catherine Hall – Liberal Democrat: 159
Audrey Jaitay – Local Conservatives: 190
Saleem Mohammed Memon – Reform UK: 1,112*
Valerie Carol Moore – Local Conservatives: 245
Mary Ogundipe – Local Conservatives: 169
Joseph William Phillips – Reform UK: 1,448*
Ashley Smith – Green Party candidate: 349
Dianne Elizabeth Snowdon – Labour Party: 1,035
Harry Trueman – Labour Party: 860
Linda Williams – Labour Party: 976
Washington East Ward
Helen Attey – Liberal Democrat: 140
Nana Boddy – Liberal Democrat: 126
Gary John Bridge – Green Party candidate: 429
Michal Chantkowski – Green Party candidate: 240
Ian Francombe – Local Conservatives: 209
Finlee Gibbons – Local Conservatives: 195
Ian Gordon Hembrough – Reform UK: 1,275*
Beth Veronica Jones – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,065
Lauren Ann Laws – Liberal Democrat: 240
Emily Lopez – Reform UK: 1,123*
Graeme Ferguson Miller – Labour and Co-operative Party: 910
Victor Oluwagbemi – Local Conservatives: 160
Jennifer Obianuju Orji – Labour and Co-operative Party: 789
Anthony Ormond – Reform UK: 1,113*
Anna Snell – Green Party candidate: 243
Washington North Ward
Ayobami Seyi ADEOYE – Local Conservatives – 209
Elizabeth Anne BROWN – Reform UK – 1,235*
Ross DARGAN Green Party candidate – 328
Paul DONAGHY – Reform UK – 1,311
Jill Elaine FLETCHER – Labour Party – 917
Patricia Ann FRANCIS – Local Conservatives – 192
Richard Colin GREEN – Local Conservatives – 177
Jason Patrick KING – Reform UK – 1,313
Karen Ann LAWS – Liberal Democrat – 102
Callum Marc MCPAKE – Labour Party – 840
Janette Ann NIGHTINGALE – Green Party candidate – 366
Steven James TOLSON – Green Party candidate – 236
Michael Lee WALKER – Labour Party – 935
Carlton Lee WEST – Liberal Democrat – 97
Kieran WOOD – Liberal Democrat – 87
Washington South Ward
Jack Docherty – Liberal Democrat: 152
Gabriel Green – Local Conservatives: 676
Logan Guy – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,154
Peter Edward L. Deegan – Green Party candidate: 455
Sean Robert Laws – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,259
Fiona Margaret Ann Mackenzie Miller – Green Party candidate: 684
Brandon Oakland – Local Conservatives: 705
Robert Pattison – Reform UK: 1,616*
Elouise Jade Redmayne – Reform UK: 1,591*
Theo Max Rose – Green Party candidate: 525
Andrew John Rowntree – Labour and Co-operative Party: 881
Thomas Such – Local Conservatives: 664
Sean Terry – Liberal Democrat: 200
John Arthur Watson – Reform UK: 1,518*
Amy Wilson – Liberal Democrat: 138
Washington West Ward
Joanne Chapman – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,560*
Sam Cosgrove – Local Conservatives: 269
Brandon Mark Feeley – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1,662*
Chloe Melisha Harvey – Green Party candidate: 370
Samson Ibijola – Local Conservatives: 153
Neil King – Local Conservatives: 201
Viv Lee – Liberal Democrat: 114
Paul Andrew Leonard – Green Party candidate: 349
Norman Neil Moffitt – Reform UK: 1,350
Kairo Pearson – Liberal Democrat: 89
Ernie Peel – Liberal Democrat: 97
Adrian Robert Pickering – Reform UK: 1,508*
Patricia Jane Raynor – Labour and Co-operative Party: 1400
Lee Redmayne – Reform UK: 1357
Josh Thurlow – Green Party candidate: 382